Smith County Animal Clinic provides dental care services including cleaning, polishing, and overall assessment as well as extractions, and recommendations for at-home dental care.
Vaccination
Teaching pet parents about preventative measures that can be taken to avoid common diseases is another way that we advocate good healthcare. It is always better for your pet’s health and more cost effective for you to prevent complications from progressive disorders, heartworms, other parasites, and infectious diseases from developing. This can be achieved through regular examinations, preventive treatment programs for heartworms, ticks and fleas, as well as vaccinations. Vaccinations against contagious diseases are an important part of preventative medicine, and at Smith County Animal Clinic, we tailor our vaccinations to the needs of each individual pet.
Nutritional Counseling
When pets are overweight, it creates a tendency towards diabetes, heart disease, joint problems, and other chronic health conditions. Using our nutritional counseling services at Smith County Animal Clinic will help simplify just what your pet should be eating and how much.
Comprehensive Examination
Ultrasound is an extremely useful non-invasive diagnostic instrument that produces clear, easy to read images that are more detailed than an x-ray. It helps our veterinarians locate tumors, check organ function, detect fluid collections, and of course evaluate pregnancies. In those instances where a physical exam and lab work simply aren’t enough to effectively assess your pet’s condition, an ultrasound allows us to look inside your pet’s body and evaluate the situation. Images can be analyzed by our doctors in real-time or shared electronically with specialists if necessary.
Our in-house array of diagnostic tools enables us to conduct complete blood counts, chemistry panels, fecal testing, heartworm, and parasite testing. We are also equipped with a digital radiology unit and ultrasound technology. The quick turnaround time of our in-house testing makes it possible for our veterinarians to give you a diagnosis and start treatment on the same day. Some of our in-house testing includes...
Pain Management
Smith County Animal Clinic now offers Luminex Vet laser therapy to patients in Carthage, Gainesboro, Cookeville, Algood, Celina and surrounding areas. Laser therapy is an innovative treatment option for conditions such as post-surgical pain management, post-surgical wound healing, muscle tears, ligament/tendon tears, lick granulomas, hot spots, arthritis, degenerative joint disease, traumatic wounds, neurological injuries, dental procedures, allergic inflammation, and more.
After an extended stay, to ensure that your pet goes home fresh and clean, we recommend a bath. We offer separate bathing services that you may want to take advantage of while your pet is staying with us. We provide medicated bathing, nail trims, ear cleaning, and anal gland expression. Please let us know if you care to have your pet bathed when you make your boarding reservation.
Neglecting your pet’s oral hygiene can lead to periodontal disease involving problems with teeth and gums. Once periodontal disease is established, the constant exposure to these bacteria can potentially cause damage to major organs of the body including the heart, liver, and kidneys.
Our doctors at Smith County Animal Clinic bring their knowledge and expertise in surgical procedures to pet owners in Carthage, Gainesboro, Cookeville, Algood, Celina, and the surrounding areas. We perform routine surgical services including spays and neuters, as well as a wide variety of soft tissue surgeries such as tumor removal, wound repair, and c-sections. We also conduct orthopedic surgeries for ACL, patella, and fracture repair. In the area of dental surgery, we do dental extractions and jaw repairs.
Our caring professional doctors and staff strive every day to supply our pet community with affordable individualized medical, dental, and surgical services. We offer boarding and bathing, dental care, in-clinic diagnostics, internal medicine, microchipping, surgery, ultrasound, wellness visits, pharmacy, preventative medicine and more.
Spaying and Neutering
There are several factors that help determine the best age for spaying and neutering including your pet’s breed (larger breeds wait longer) and individual health status. Typical spaying and neutering for most pets not used for breeding purposes is usually recommended between 4 and 6 months of age.
When pets are sick and not feeling well, it is important to gather as much information about their health condition as quickly as possible in order to start administering the best treatment right away. For this reason, Smith County Animal Clinic maintains a complete in-clinic diagnostic laboratory equipped with the latest technology that allows us to get results quickly and accurately.
X-Ray
At Smith County Animal Clinic, we stay on top of the latest diagnostic tools and techniques so that we are confident we are offering our clients the most accurate diagnosis obtained in the most efficient way. Digital radiography represents a useful advancement in the tools we use to image our patients. It is painless, safe, non-invasive, and it allows for quicker patient assessments. The images produced through this digital technique help our veterinarians diagnose fractures, locate foreign objects, detect masses such as tumors, measure organ size for disease, diagnose pneumonia, discover pregnancies, bladder stones, chronic arthritis, and certain spinal cord diseases.
Microchipping
Microchipping is a quick, cost-effective method of providing permanent identification for both indoor and outdoor pets. You never know when your pet will make a quick dash out of the front door or out of your fenced yard because of loud noises or bad weather. Before you know it, your pet is out of sight, confused, scared, and hiding from everyone. Instead of having to worry about whether or not their collar and tag will stay on them so that you can be contacted, have your pet microchipped and put yourself at ease. You can have your pet microchipped during any visit to Smith County Animal Clinic.
We provide better care because Carthage is our home and our neighbors matter. We believe that every interaction reflects the passion we feel for animals and the compassion that your family truly deserves. Whether you have a puppy, a kitten, or an adult or senior pet, come see us at Smith County Animal Clinic. Our service area encompasses Alexandria, Gordonsville, Granville, Baxter, Algood, Celina, and beyond.